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disheartenment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of disheartenment

the state of being discouraged

  • our excusable disheartenment in the face of overwhelming odds against winning the game
Synonyms of disheartenment

demoralization, despair, despondency, discouragement, dismay, dispiritedness
Words Related to disheartenment

blues, dejection, depression, dumps, gloom, melancholy, mopes

defeatism, pessimism, resignation
Near Antonyms of disheartenment

optimism, sanguinity
Antonyms of disheartenment

encouragement

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